Design Engineering Manager - East Region
Schneider Electric Richmond, Virginia, United States
Automation Machinery Manufacturing · 10,001+ employees
About the role
Lead technical teams of design engineers through the full project lifecycle from tender to delivery. Oversee technical solutions to ensure they meet cost, time, and quality standards while driving operational excellence.
What they look for
Requirements
Requires advanced skills in people management, risk assessment, and communication to lead complex engineering projects. Candidates must demonstrate strong independent judgment and the ability to align team work with strategic objectives.
Benefits
Full description
Join us as a technical leader who shapes how we deliver complex engineering projects. You'll guide talented teams through the full project lifecycle, from tender to delivery, while driving technical excellence and business results across digital, electrical, mechanical, and multi-system integration domains.
What will you do?
- Lead technical teams of design engineers and technical leads through tendering and project execution phases
- Oversee technical solutions from inception to closure, ensuring delivery meets cost, time, and quality standards
- Capture customer needs, define optimal solutions, and identify technical risks throughout the project lifecycle
- Drive operational excellence, performance, and customer satisfaction while fostering team collaboration and growth
What are the key skills we are looking for?
- Communication — advanced level; articulating technical strategies and project updates to stakeholders at all levels
- People Management — advanced level; directing team resources and developing engineering talent to meet business goals
- Risk Assessment — advanced level; identifying technical risks early and implementing mitigation strategies across projects
- Change Management — intermediate level; guiding teams through process improvements and organizational transitions
- Coaching — intermediate level; building capabilities within technical teams to support long-term growth
- Knowledge Management — intermediate level; enabling knowledge sharing and alignment across engineering disciplines
- Product Application — intermediate level; applying technical solutions that meet customer requirements and specifications
- Resource Management — intermediate level; allocating team capacity effectively to balance multiple project demands
What qualifications will make you successful?
- Strong independent judgment to tackle complex, non-routine problems with creative solutions
- Ability to set work direction for teams in alignment with strategic objectives and priorities
- Demonstrated initiative in improving results through reduced cost or improved efficiency
- Comfort making decisions with moderate to large impact on costs, objectives, and overall process
What's in it for me?
- Lead high-impact projects that directly influence customer satisfaction and business success
- Develop and mentor engineering teams across multiple technical disciplines
- Shape technical strategy while driving operational excellence and profitability
- Join a collaborative culture that values innovation, continuous improvement, and professional growth
Bring your technical leadership expertise to a team that's ready to welcome you — apply today!
At Schneider, we believe that every employee is a talent who deserves equal opportunities. This means you matter. Every individual needs to feel valued, supported, and treated fairly to do their best work.
Our Total Rewards is our way of saying: “We see you. We value you”. It’s more than just pay and benefits- it’s a meaningful investment in you. It is designed for you to perform, grow, feel safe, and elevate your potential to shine as an impact maker.
For this U.S. based position, the expected pay range is USD 142,400 - USD 213,600 per year. This pay range includes base pay and short-term incentives. The compensation range for this full-time position applies to candidates located within the United States. Our pay ranges are determined by reviewing roles of similar responsibility and level. Within the pay range, individual pay is determined by several factors including performance, knowledge, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Schneider Electric is there when it matters most to you
Our Total Rewards package outlines all the benefits and support you’ll enjoy as part of the Schneider Electric team:
Care for Yourself and Your Family. We ensure you feel secure with benefits that help you and your family thrive: medical (with member reward points), dental, vision, and basic life insurance, Benefit Bucks, flexible work arrangements, paid family leaves, well-being programs, 12 holidays per year, and 15 days of paid time off per year.
Invest and Plan Your Future. We help you plan and invest for the future with competitive pay and programs including base salary, incentives, company share ownership, and 401(k) with match.
Grow Your Skills and Career. We support development through performance discussions, global opportunities, the Schneider Career Hub, and learning platforms like Coursera.
Team Up in the Workplace. We encourage collaboration, recognition, sharing your voice, and an inclusive workplace.
Support Your Community. We make a difference through volunteer leave, programs with the Schneider Electric Foundation, youth education initiatives, and military leave benefits.
If you believe this job posting is not compliant with applicable state pay transparency laws in the U.S., please notify the Company as soon as possible upon discovery by completing this form Job Posting Compliance Form.
Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?
When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.
IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.
We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.
Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!
€40 billion global revenue +9% organic growth 150 000+ employees in 100+ countries
You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.
Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and ‘inclusion’ is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do.
At Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders. You can find out more about our Trust Charter here
Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.
Similar roles
-
Software Engineering Manager – Developer Productivity
Zipline South San Francisco, California, United States · $182K–$230K/yr
-
Engineering Manager
Marriott Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
-
Manufacturing Engineering Manager
Skild AI San Mateo, California, United States · $100K–$300K/yr
-
Process Engineering Manager
Coherent Corp. Santa Rosa, California, United States · $134K–$186K/yr
-
Engineering Manager, Rep Experience
Jobgether United States · $225K–$324K/yr
-
Test and Evaluation Engineering Manager 2
Northrop Grumman Melbourne, Florida, United States · $127K–$190K/yr